Cup Collection: 30 in Review

Now that I have attended all MLB stadiums, I can unveil my final Souvenir Cup Power Rankings for the 2013 season. New for this edition are the Pirates, Mariners, Braves, and Diamondbacks cups. I acquired the Pirates and Mariners cups from my most recent trips. Although I did not start collecting souvenir cups until my 3rd stadium, a friend was able to pickup a Braves cup for me. Short one cup of an entire set, I emailed Chase Field and they were kind enough to send me a souvenir cup free of charge.

Final Rankings:

1. Toronto Blue Jays
2. Cincinnati Reds
3. Kansas City Royals
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Philadelphia Phillies
6. Seattle Mariners
7. Atlanta Braves
8. Houston Astros
9. New York Mets
10. Cleveland Indians
11. Colorado Rockies
12. Washington Nationals
13. San Diego Padres
14. Miami Marlins
15. Texas Rangers
16. Oakland A's
17. Tampa Bay Rays
18. Los Angeles Dodgers
19. Boston Red Sox
20. Baltimore Orioles
21. Minnesota Twins
22. Milwaukee Brewers
23. Los Angeles Angels
24. San Francisco Giants
25. Chicago White Sox
26. Arizona Diamondbacks
27. St. Louis Cardinals
28. New York Yankees
29. Detroit Tigers
30. Chicago Cubs

Notes on rankings:

• There are two major components to the rankings: the base cup style and the cup design. Considering 17 out of the top 19 cups use the same base cup style, the base cup style has proved to be the dominating factor.
• The Mariners cup is holographic. As a souvenir cup for the city of Seattle it would be great but its only tie to baseball is the word Mariners spelled out in the background.
• The Pirates and Braves cups both feature star players. I ranked the Pirates cup higher because it has two action shots of Andrew McCutchen and has some of his accomplishments. The Braves cup has two images of the same action shot of Jason Heyward and a large Coca-Cola banner down the side.
• The Diamondbacks cup isn't the same base cup style as the top cups in the power rankings. The base cup is more rigid than some of the other lower ranked cups. It has some slogans printed across the cup but no players, schedule, or large team / stadium logos.